International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education

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APA

Zioga, M., & Desli, D. (2025). Addressing the creativity gap: Teachers’ implementation of mathematical creativity-promoting tasks before and after intervention. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 20(4), em0854. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/17049

Vancouver

Zioga M, Desli D. Addressing the creativity gap: Teachers’ implementation of mathematical creativity-promoting tasks before and after intervention. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2025;20(4):em0854. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/17049

AMA

Zioga M, Desli D. Addressing the creativity gap: Teachers’ implementation of mathematical creativity-promoting tasks before and after intervention. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2025;20(4), em0854. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/17049

Chicago

Zioga, Marianthi, and Despina Desli. "Addressing the creativity gap: Teachers’ implementation of mathematical creativity-promoting tasks before and after intervention". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2025 20 no. 4 (2025): em0854. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/17049

Harvard

Zioga, M., and Desli, D. (2025). Addressing the creativity gap: Teachers’ implementation of mathematical creativity-promoting tasks before and after intervention. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 20(4), em0854. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/17049

MLA

Zioga, Marianthi et al. "Addressing the creativity gap: Teachers’ implementation of mathematical creativity-promoting tasks before and after intervention". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 20, no. 4, 2025, em0854. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/17049